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Humanized Mouse Will Improve HCV Treatment Efforts

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June 13, 2011

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Making it easier to test future Hepatitis C medications and study this challenging virus, researchers have created a humanized mouse with a fully functioning immune system.

First genetically humanized mouse model for hepatitis C developed

June 9, 2011 – 3:49 pm By News Desk

London, June 9 (ANI): Scientists at Rockefeller University and The Scripps Research Institute have created the first genetically humanized mouse model for hepatitis C.

The achievement will enable researchers to test molecules that block entry of the hepatitis C virus into cells as well as potential vaccine candidates.

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